Wiper attachment for bottle-labeling machines.



E. ERJMOLD. WIPBR ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLE LABELING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED we. 7, 1909.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910;

DWARD ERMOLD, NEW YQR 1- canoes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

WIPE-R ATT-ACHMENT FOB BQTTLE-L ABELING MACHINES.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

Application filed August 7, 1909. Serial Ho. 511,686.

To all whom it may concern:

l 3e it known that -T, EDWARD Emuow, a cit zen of the United States of America residing in New York, in the'borou h of Manhattan, county and State of New have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Viper Attachments for Bottle-Labeling Machlnes, of which the followmg is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved attachment for bottlelabeling machines by which the neck-labels can be applied around the necks of bottles in a forwardly or backwardly slanting position, the attachment be- "ing more specifically designed for use with the bottle-labeling machine for which Letters Patent were granted to me onJune 1, 1909, No. 923,501, so that the neck-labels can be wlped onto the necks of the bottles at any desired angle of inclination to the longitudinal axis of the bottles in a very effective and reliable manner; and for this purpose the invention consists of a neck-label wiper attachment for bottle-labeling machines which comprises a pair of neck-label wipers, levers provided with inwardly-projecting holders at their upper ends for supporting the wipers, said wiper-levers being fulcrumed to the lower ends of hanger-arms supported on the forwardly-extending pivots of the body-label wipers, means for imr parting vertically reciprocating motion to the body and neck label-wipers, means for impartlng laterally oscillating motion to the same, stationary cams having inclined faces for engaging antifriction rollers at the lower ends of the fulcrumed forwardly and backwardly swinging neck-label wi r-levers, and springs for olding the antif 'i ction rollers of said wiper-levers in contact with said cam-faces.

The invention consistsfurtherof certain details of construction and combinations of parts which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front-elevation of my improved neck-label wiper attachment for bottle-label- .ing machines Fig. 2 is a side-elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 represents a side-elevation of a bottle showing the position of the neck-label placed in a slanting position on the neck of the same.

. Similar letters of refei ence indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Referring to the rawings, 1) represents the stationary bottle-rest of a bottle-labeling machine. The bottle-rest is provided at its rear-end with a step 6 against which the bottom of the bottle abuts when the bottle is placed in position on'the bottle-rest.

a a are the neck-label wipers, which are made of rubber or other elastic material and of the usual shape. They are attached at their outer ends by screws a to the inwardly-bent upper ends or holders d of two wiper-levers d, which are fulcrumed by pivots d sidewise to sleeves e at the lower ends 'of short hanger-arms e that are pivoted at their u per ends to the forwardly-extended ends 0 the pivots f of the body-label wipers w, as shown in Fig. 1. To the upper parts of the hanger-arms c are applied angular lugs. e which are connected by helical springs s with crank-arms d applied to the hubs of the wiper-levers d so as to move their lower ends inbackward position under theinfluence of "the springs. The lower ends of the wiper-levers (l are provided with antifriction rollers d whiclr move over the inclined faces g of stationary cams 9, that are attached to the supporting frame of the bottle-labeling machine. The pivots to which the body-label wipers as well as the supporting arms 6 of the neck-labelwipers are applied, are supported in the upper sleeve-shaped ends h of levers h which are connected at their lower ends with elbow-' levers h" which are fulcrulned at the lower ends to a transverse piece It at the upper end of a vertically-guided sleeve 71., to which vertically reciprocating motion is imparted by a cam-lever h from the cam-shaft of the bottle-labeling machine before referred to. The lower ends of the elbow-levers h" are connected with each other by inwardly-extending arms k and a pivot-link k One of the elbow-levers h" is connected at the apex of its angular portion by a pivot-link connection i with a second cam-lever i by which faces g, g. -'wardly-sweeping'motion to the neck-label The joint action of the cam-controlled neckhanger-arms to which said wiper-levers are I .bination of neck-label wipers,

ers 03* which passover .the stationary cam- The cam-faces impart a backwipers, as shown by the arrows in Fig. 2, so as to place the neck-labels 1n a downwardly-slanting position on the necks of the bottles. The oscillating motion imparted by the cam-faces to the neck-label wiper-supporting levers is imparted simultaneously with the downward motion of the neck-label wipers imparted to them with the vertically. reciprocating motion by the body and neck label-supporting mechanism, wh1le the lateral motion is imparted to the wiper-supporting mechanisms by the mechanism connected with one of the laterally oscillating elbow-levers h", which motion is transmitted by the pivot connection i to the cam-lever 11 label wipers and the verticall reci rocating supporting mechanism pro ucest ewiping of the label in downwardly-inclined or slanting position on the neck of the bottle, which 1s specially required for bottles having necks ta erin from the bottle-mouth toward thebo y o the bottle. In case an upwardl -inclined slant of the neck-label is require the cam-faces g and cams g are re-. versed, so that, instead of a backward motion, a forward motion is imparted to the neck-label wipers, where the neck-labels are wiped on the bottle-necks with a reverse inclination or upward slant relatively to the axis of the bottles.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure. by Letters Patent:

1. In a bottle-labeling machine, the comoscillating and springractuated wiper-holding levers adapted to oscillate in a vertical plane,

fulcrumed, stationary cams having inclined cam-faces enga 'ng the lower ends of the wiper-levers an moving the upper ends of the same in backward direction and the wipers in slanting direction over the neck-.

label on the bottle-neck, and means for moving said hanger-arms up and down and toporting said 'inec -label wipers, stationary cam-faces engaging the lower ends of said neck-label wiper-levers, supporting arms applied to the forwardly-extending pivots of the body-label wipers and fulcrumed to the oscillating wiper-levers, elbow-levers supporting the pivots of the body and neck abeLWipers, means for imparting vertically reciprocating motion to said elbow-levers, and means for imparting laterally oscillatin motion to the same.

3. n a bottle-labeling machine, the combination, with a stationary bottle-rest, of neck-label wipers, fulcrumed and springactuated levers provided with inwardly-bent upper ends or holders for the neck-label Wipers and with antifriction rollers at the inwardly-curved lower ends of the same, stationary cams having straight and inclined cam-faces for said levers, hanger-arms applied to the forwardly-extended pivots of the body-label wipers, a pivot connection between the lower ends of said hanger-arms and the neck-label wiper-levers, SB/1d levers being pivoted to the hanger-arms sidewise of and parallel with the axis of the bottle,

'means for imparting vertically reciprocating motion to the body and neck label-Wipers, and means for imparting laterally oscillating motion to the same.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD ERMOLD. Witnesses: v

PAUL GoEPEL, SEYMOUR DRoo'rER. 

